Understanding Media Services In AzureAug 17, 2017. Azure helps you to build custom media workflows in the cloud. It’s an end-to-end solution that delivers audio and video virtually in any device anywhere. It offers end-to-end workflow which is very highly scalable in coding, packaging, storing and distribution of media content to a wide range of devices including TV, PC, and mobile devices.

Getting Started With Windows AzureAug 17, 2017. Windows Azure can be anything you want it to be. As a cloud platform from Microsoft that gives a wide variety of different services, windows Azure helps you to construct, install, and manipulate solutions for nearly any motive you may consider. In different words, windows Azure is a global service of unlimited possibilities.

Consuming Restful Services In Xamarin.Forms - Part TwoAug 14, 2017. In the first part, we called a fake RESTFul service, got some data from the service, and displayed it in a list view. Now in this article, we will continue where we left and add, delete some data which we displayed in previous part.

Understand Service Scheduler In AzureAug 14, 2017. It is a task scheduling service provided by Microsoft Azure. It can perform many actions regarding the job details in the scheduler and can also check Scheduler’s monitoring and management capabilities.

Universal SMTP Code To Send Emails In .NET AppsAug 13, 2017. As already mentioned quite clearly in the tagline, the only reason to write this article is to cover the basic requirements of every SMTP vendor&#39;s code in .NET applications, If your vendor is Google&#39;s mail service, — Gmail — then you can most likely leave this article and go back to the article, which I wrote quite a lot of time ago to share how to send emails through a C# programs, sending emails over .NET framework, and general problems – using C# code.

Google OAuth 2.0 Authorization In Azure APIAug 13, 2017. Here, I am going to demonstrate how can we use Google OAuth 2.0 in Azure API. App Service Authentication/Authorization is exposed in the Azure Preview Management Portal.

Live XAML Previewer In Xamarin.FormsAug 13, 2017. In this article, we are going to use XAML Preview in Xamarin.Forms. Xamarin.Forms are used to make cross platform applications by using C# as a backend language and XAML for front-end of the application. Let’s discuss about XAML Previewer.

Key Capabilities Of Azure Cosmos DBAug 12, 2017. A few years ago, Microsoft offered DocumentDB as a Service (DaaS) that supported a limited set of features and functionalities. Today, most of the cloud-based services, such as Bing, Azure, and Office 365 are using DocumentDB. Microsoft took DocumentDB to the next level and came up with Azure Cosmos DB - A globally distributed, multi-model database.

Custom Content Page Using Xamarin.FormsAug 09, 2017. Xamarin is a platform that allows us to create multi-platform mobile applications like Windows phone, Apple iOS, and Android through a single integrated development environment (IDE). This platform allows the designers to develop and design various mobile platform applications within a limited period. We will discuss how to create CustomContentPage using Xamarin.Forms (or) cross platform from VS2017.

Understanding Azure Mobile ServicesAug 09, 2017. This article will give you an idea about the Azure Mobile Services. It allows the functionality of Azure App Service to add sign-in, push notifications, and data sync to your mobile app. Connect your app to enterprise systems and on-premises resources.

Understanding DocumentDB In AzureAug 08, 2017. This article will give you a feel for Azure DocumentDB.
It is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine.

Getting started With Azure Ethereum Consortium BlockchainAug 08, 2017. Azure started supporting a number of distributed ledger technologies that fulfill business requirements in security domains and many more. Azure has started Blockchain as a Service (BaaS). It will emerge as platform for creating applications rapidly on cloud technologies. Azure has come up with many blockchain solutions like Ethereum Consortium, STRATO Blockchain LTS, Emercoin Blockchain etc.

How To Determine The Version And Edition Of SQL Server And Its ComponentsAug 06, 2017. For Business Intelligence features such as Integration Services, Reporting Services, and Analysis Services, you may have to install the latest service packs, cumulative updates, and hotfixes on the client-side computers to obtain the latest fixes while developing SSIS packages, SSRS reports, or Analysis Services cubes.

Using MasterPage In Xamarin.FormAug 04, 2017. Xamarin is a platform that allows us to create multi-platform mobile applications like Windows phone, Apple iOS, and Android through a single integrated development environment (IDE). We will discuss how to create MasterDetail Page applications from VS2017. There are many plugins available for Xamarin Cross platform including Stack Layout, Label,ScrollView and buttons.

Pulling Base Container ImagesAug 03, 2017. So far, we have deployed our container in the Nano Server VM and Windows Server VM. The next piece of work is to pull down the Images for these containers. The Docker is the container which we have created so far. In the following lab, we will pull some image for that container form the Microsoft Container images repository.

Setup And Connect To Azure SQLAug 03, 2017. Microsoft Azure SQL Database (formerly known as SQL Azure) is a managed cloud database i.e. Software as a Service (SaaS) provided by Microsoft Azure. In simple words, Microsoft Azure SQL is a cloud database that runs on a cloud computing platform and access to it is provided as a Service.

Azure Portal New Preview Of App Service DomainAug 02, 2017. Azure team continues working on improvement of their website, and keeps adding more user-friendly and easy options for users. In this series, now they have launched a new preview of app service domain.

Pre/Post Build Events Command Line In Visual StudioAug 02, 2017. Pre/Post build events are useful when we wish to perform some operation before/after a project is built. These operations are nothing but the Shell commands being used from the command line. A build event can be formed using a single, multiple, or conditional commands.

Creating EC2 In Amazon Web ServicesAug 01, 2017. This article is about the creation of the EC2 service in the AWS. EC2 is nothing but a virtual machine which we generally create in other cloud platforms like Azure, Google cloud, etc.

How To Create Web Job in Azure Web appJul 31, 2017. Azure web job is the most useful feature in Azure web app service. It will be great helpful when you want to run the scripts or programs as background processes in app services, api app and mobile app .

Angular, Bootstrap And ASP.NET MVC - Part Six Jul 29, 2017. In previous articles, we have learnt AngularJS project setup, styling with bootstrap, AngularJS structure, data-binding, routing, copying of angular object when form is saved or cancelled, etc.

Creating Web API With ASP.NET Core Using Visual Studio CodeJul 28, 2017. Web API is is framework that allows us to build web or http based endpoints. If you are building services today for mobile, HTML 5, and even client-server desktop applications, all these different types of applications need services in the backend.

AngularJS, Bootstrap And ASP.NET MVC - Part Five (Saving/ Cancelling Form)Jul 28, 2017. In previous articles, we have learned AngularJS project setup, styling with bootstrap, AngularJS structure, data-binding, routing, etc. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how we can save the form data when save button is clicked and reset the form when cancel button is clicked.

Azure WebApps - A Complete Walk Through ItJul 28, 2017. This article is about Azure WebApps which is a service from Azure App Service. Azure WebApps is a completely computed platform from Microsoft Azure which helps us to host, manage, create slots, go with traffic manager and many more flexible options to make your WebApp an easier one for the client and for developer.

Getting Started With Visual Studio Team ServicesJul 28, 2017. In this article, we will discuss in detail about the Visual Studio Team Services, walk through VSTS features, compare with VSTS and TFS, learn how to create VSTS account and how to publish the source code to VSTS.

Extracting Data From Large Spreadsheets Using Python And OpenpyxlJul 26, 2017. At least once in life, every computer user has to handle some spreadsheets or, excel files. Sometimes it&#39;s to put formulas in for accounting, sometimes it&#39;s to store data from Google forms or other surveys. So what do you actually do when the spreadsheet contains just survey data or no numbers to apply formulas at all? I know you&#39;ll get your hands dirty and do it manually.

Create Your First VM In AzureJul 25, 2017. Cloud computing can be a complex term nowadays, as there are already many services that can run on Cloud. Services like Data mining, Machine learning, creating virtual machines, host APIs for mobile applications and many other endless services.

Getting Started With Microsoft FlowJul 25, 2017. Microsoft Flow is a product to help us set up an automated Workflows between your favourite apps and services to synchronize files, get notifications, collect data, and more by the internet.

Change SharePoint ListView To jQuery Datatable Using JSLinkJul 21, 2017. Jslink is javascript link [ CSR - Client-side rendering] this feature was introduced in Sharepoint 2013 for customizing Sharepoint list forms Newform, displayform, editform. Using this feature you are able to change the overall look and feel of the sharepoint listp

Get User Profile Properties Data in SharePoint Designer 2013 WorkflowJul 18, 2017. Workflows helps SharePoint users to collaborate on documents, list items and to manage tasks by implementing business processes on documents and list items. Creating and assigning tasks to Manager is a very common scenario in workflows. All the user related information is stored in User profile service application (UPA). Although this sounds very straightforward, getting the user profile properties of the logged in user is very tricky in SPD 2013 workflow.

Creating C# Wrapper Over Firebase API For Basic CRUDJul 17, 2017. Firebase is a platform provided by Google, which provides many services. Firebase Realtime Database is one of them. Firebase provides many SDKs for different platforms as well as it provides REST API to interact with database. Here we will build wrapper in C# around REST api to easily perform CRUD operations in our C# applications.

Create A Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Face API Application In 30 MinutesJul 17, 2017. In this article, we are going to create Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Face API in half an hour. Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services are set of APIs and Services available for the developers to make their applications more interactive and intelligent. This was formerly known as Project Oxford. Here Microsoft uses Machine Learning in the background to create these APIs.

Using PowerApps - Authoring Made Simple And PowerfulJul 16, 2017. I am glad to bring you up with the latest change in the PowerApps Studio, in the latest version (2.0.660), the enhanced capabilities are showed and discussed in this article, PowerApps Studio had changes in the Properties Panel, Viewing data with the edit form, global variables, and the reset function.

How To Create Simple Game Play Application Using Cross PlatformJul 15, 2017. Xamarin is a platform that allows us to create multi-platform mobile applications like (Windows phone, Apple iOS , Android) through a single integrated development environment (IDE). This platform allows the designers to develop and design various mobile platform applications within a limited period. We will discuss how to create game applications using Xamarin.Forms (or) cross platform from VS2017. There are many plugins available including Stack Layout, Label and button.

Uploading File To AWS S3 Using ASP.NETJul 14, 2017. In this article, I will show you how to upload a file (image/video) to Amazon S3 Bucket through a Asp.Net web application. For this first you need to have an account in Amazon web services. You can create an aws free tier account which is valid for 12 months. Visit this link to know more about a free tier account.

How To Create And Deploy Azure Web AppsJul 14, 2017. In this article, we are going to learn how we can create Azure Web App and how to deploy it. Unlike other services, Azure Web Apps service enables us to build and host web applications in the programming language of our choice without managing infrastructure. It offers auto-scaling and high availability, and supports both Windows and Linux.

Deploying Event Hubs In Azure PortalJul 14, 2017. This article shows how to deploy the Event hub in the Azure portal. Azure Event Hubs are highly scalable data streaming platforms and event ingestion services capable of receiving and processing millions of events per second. Event Hubs can process and store events, data, or telemetry produced by distributed software and devices.

How Autodiscover Service Works In ExchangeJul 14, 2017. In this article, we will cover how Autodiscover works in Exchange to configure outlook profile for users without manual intermission of the user or administrator. Let’s begin!!

Creating DLP Policies In Office 365Jul 13, 2017. Many organizations and large-scale companies are now making their way to Office 365, leveraging various services offered by Microsoft such as SharePoint, Exchange, Project Online, Microsoft Dynamics etc.

Get To Know Microsoft 365Jul 12, 2017. Microsoft 365 is a new service which was introduced by Satya Nadella 2 days ago on Microsoft Inspire which brings together Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security, delivering a complete, intelligent and secure solution to empower employees.

Consume Web API In Winform For File HandlingJul 12, 2017. In this article, we will see in detail how to consume Web API in Windows Form for Uploading File to Web server, get the list of file Information from Server folder and download the file from Server using C# Windows application.

SharePoint 2016 - Forms Based Authentication - Part ThreeJul 11, 2017. In the previous article SharePoint 2016: Forms Based Authentication – Part 2 of this series on implementing FBA with SharePoint we saw the execution of Steps 3 &amp; 4 for the process.In this article we are going to see the execution of Step 5 and for the sake of quick review I am putting up the process diagram again in here.

SharePoint 2016 - Forms Based Authentication - Part FourJul 11, 2017. In the previous article SharePoint 2016: Forms Based Authentication – Part 3 of this series on implementing FBA with SharePoint we saw the execution of Step 5 for the process.In this last article of this series we are going to see the execution of Steps 6 &amp; 7 and for the sake of quick review I am putting up the process diagram again in here.

SharePoint 2016 - Forms Based Authentication - Part TwoJul 10, 2017. In the previous article SharePoint 2016: Forms Based Authentication of this series on implementing FBA with SharePoint we saw the execution of Steps 1 &amp; 2 for the process. In this article we are going to see the execution of Steps 3 &amp; 4 and for the sake of quick review I am putting up the process diagram again.

Relative Layout In Xamarin.FormsJul 08, 2017. In this article we are going to make a relative layout in xamarin.forms. Xamarin forms have many other types of layouts that include stack layout, grid layout, and absolute layout. If you want to read more about layouts and UI elements of xamarin forms then read this article.

Chat Bot Using Microsoft Bot Framework With LUIS - Part TwoJul 08, 2017. Click on ‘Publish App’ option in left hand side bar menu. It will show following page. Here you can choose Endpoint Key. Select purchased key. If you have not purchased any key then select Bootstrap key, which is for experimental purposes. In ‘Publish Settings’, you can select Endpoint slots as Staging or Production. If you select it as Staging, it will be available over http but you can’t access it though chat bot app. For our development select it as Production.

Get Started With Azure DevTest Creating Server Machines With ArtifactsJul 07, 2017. Azure DevTest is an effective resource that Azure has come up with for supporting developers and testers to avoid environment delays, allow self-service actions on turning the VM’s (Virtual Machines) on or off, and works with simple cost effective solutions to leverage the application which we host on the cloud.

Deploying Logic Apps Service In Azure PortalJul 06, 2017. Logic Apps are used as fully managed iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) allowing developers not to have to worry about building hosting, scalability, availability and management.A logic app begins with a trigger after firing and can begin many combinations of actions, conversions, and condition logic. It also provides the path to simplify and implement scalable integrations and workflows in the cloud. It provides a visual designer to model and automate your process as a series of steps known as a workflow.

Apache Spark Apache Ambari And Notepads On Microsoft Azure HDInsight - Part TwoJul 06, 2017. Apache Ambari is for management and monitoring of Hadoop clusters in form of WEB UI and REST services, Ambari is used to monitor the clusters and make changes in configuration. Ambari used for provision, monitoring and managing the cluster in an easier way. Using Ambari you can manage central security setup and fully visibility into cluster health.

Update Entity Form JS Library Without Removing Event Handlers - Quick WorkaroundJul 06, 2017. Let’s say we have one entity with a good amount of custom fields and we have developed a web resource for the main form. Many of the fields have onchange event associated with them. Now we have a new requirement where we need to implement a similar kind of form with some new functionality for different types of users and some of the existing methods also need to be modified. The requirement is to replace new form JS library with updated new JS library but without removing dependent handlers (as we are using many onchange event handlers as it is) with minimum effort.

Form Inputs And Sizing In BootstrapJul 04, 2017. In this article we will about how to create a bootstrap from inputs and sizing, Bootstrap provides several form control styles, layout options, and custom components for creating a wide variety of forms.

Data Persistence Using SQLite In Xamarin.FormsJul 04, 2017. In this article, we are going to make our data persistence using SQLite in Xamarin.Forms. Firstly we will setup SQLite db for our project than make a table in it and add some data in this table. After this whenever we open our application we will see that our data is now persisted and saved in local db of application.

Setting Up SQLite In Xamarin.FormsJul 03, 2017. In this article, we will learn to set up SQLite in xamarin.forms. It doesn’t require too much time and it is not difficult like setting up other databases.

Chat Bot Using Microsoft Bot Framework With LUIS - Part OneJul 03, 2017. LUIS: Language Understanding Intelligent Service. We can teach this service to understand intention and extract the entities from user query/activity. Client app (e.g. chat bot) can consume this output using HTTP endpoint of LUIS application.

Building Mobile Apps Using Xamarin.Forms With .NET StandardJun 30, 2017. The .NET Standard Library is a formal specification of .NET APIs that is intended to be available on all .NET runtimes. It is a single library with a uniform API for all .NET Platforms including .NET Core. You just create a single .NET Standard Library and use it from any runtime that supports .NET Standard Platform.

Building Web Apps With ASP.NET Core And DotVVMJun 29, 2017. There is one category of web applications where the MVVM pattern can be especially useful: line of business applications. Yes, these crazy large web sites with hundreds of grids, large and complicated forms with hundreds of fields, tabs, wizards and modal dialogs.

Deploying A Simple LUIS Bot Using Microsoft Azure Bot ServicesJun 28, 2017. LUIS stands For Language Understanding Intelligent Service which offers a fast and effective way of adding language understanding to applications. With LUIS, you can use pre existing, world class, pre built models from Bing and Cortana whenever they suit your purposes and when you need specialized models, LUIS guides you through the process of quickly building them.It is also part of Microsoft Cognitive Service.

Cognitive Services APIs In AzureJun 28, 2017. Microsoft Cognitive services provides good number of API and services for vast developers that helps you to create more intelligent applications.

Deploying The Azure DNS Using Microsoft Azure PortalJun 28, 2017. An Azure DNS is used to host the DNS records for a particular domain and the Domain Name System, or DNS, is responsible for translating (or resolving) a website or service name to its IP address. Azure DNS is a hosting service for DNS domains, providing name resolution using Microsoft Azure infrastructure. By hosting your domains in Azure, you can manage your DNS records using the same credentials, APIs, tools, and billing as your other Azure services.

Getting Started With QnA Maker ServiceJun 28, 2017. In simple language, it is a service to educate a bot with static answers for specified set of questions. Let’s take an example of FAQs. FAQs are set of questions and answers which are going to remain same irrespective of user.

Getting Started With Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services APIs AccountJun 25, 2017. Microsoft Cognitive Services offer awesome APIs and services for developers to create more intelligent applications. You can add more interesting feature like people emotion and video detection, facial, speech and vision recognition and speech and language understanding into all the applications.

Managing System Services Using Windows PowerShellJun 24, 2017. You can easily manage system services using Windows PowerShell by just typing some simple Cmdlets. Below are some of the examples that help you to manage system services using Windows PowerShell.